How to make an app for a textile business

A textile unit's day is about designs, colours and quantities: which retailer ordered 100 pieces of design 214 in maroon, how many metres went for dyeing and came back, what was packed in today's bale and who still owes for last month. An app keeps orders, stock, job work and dues by design.

Updated 2026-11-09

Who uses the app

The owner and the office or godown staff. If the godown and office use different phones, or a sales agent should see stock, connect your own Supabase database so all see the same figures.

The screens a textile business app needs

Orders: Buyer, designs, colours, pieces, rate, due date and pieces dispatched so far
Designs: Each design number with photo, fabric, colours and pieces in stock
Stock: Pieces or metres by design and colour, added from production and reduced by dispatch
Job work: Grey cloth sent for dyeing or printing: to whom, metres sent, returned and charges
Dispatch: Bales sent with buyer, transport name, LR number, pieces and a packing list PDF
Buyers and dues: Each retailer's bills, payments received and balance, with a WhatsApp reminder

Features worth asking for

Stock by design number and colour, so you know what can ship today
Orders that show pieces pending after each dispatch
Job work register with metres sent, returned and shortage
Packing list and bill PDFs to share with the buyer on WhatsApp
A design catalogue PDF with photos for a new retailer
QR labels on bales scanned with the phone camera to open the dispatch record
Dues by buyer with days outstanding

Where the data lives

If one phone does everything, data can stay on it. With an office, a godown and maybe a sales agent, connect your own Supabase database so stock and orders match on every phone. Online payments from retailers would need your own Razorpay account connected.

How to make it with AppCub, step by step

Decide what the app does. List the screens you need, for example: Orders, Designs, Stock, Job work, Dispatch.
Describe it to AppCub. Paste the request below, changed to your own business and details.
Check the plan. AppCub shows the screens and features it will build. Change them in the chat until they are right; seeing the plan is free.
Try it on your phone. The app runs live next to the chat. Scan the QR code to install it, and ask for changes.
Share it. Share it as a web link, an APK file, or publish it on Google Play from your own developer account.

Copy this request, change the details to match your textile business, and paste it into AppCub:

Make an app for Deshmukh Textiles, a cotton saree and dress material unit in Ichalkaranji. Screens: orders, designs, stock, job work, dispatch and buyers and dues. Designs: number, photo, fabric, colours. Stock in pieces by design and colour. Orders: retailer, designs, colours, pieces, rate, due date, dispatched so far. Job work: grey cloth sent for dyeing, party, metres sent and returned, charges. Dispatch: bale number, buyer, transport, LR number, packing list PDF. Dues per retailer with a WhatsApp reminder. A catalogue PDF of current designs. Office and godown should see the same data. Indigo and cream colours.

Tips for a textile business app

Use the same design numbers in the app as on your sample cards; buyers order by number.
Enter stock when pieces come off folding and packing, not when they leave the loom, so the count is what can ship.
Record metres sent and returned for every job work lot the same day; shortages are hard to trace later.
Note the LR number on every dispatch; it is the first thing a buyer asks when a bale is late.
Start with designs, stock and orders; add job work and dues once staff are used to it.

What it costs

Describing your app and seeing AppCub’s plan for it is free.
A new app usually takes 60 to 110 credits. Start with the 2-day trial for ₹99 (150 credits, enough for one app and a few changes) or the one-time App Pack for ₹499. Starter is ₹1,599 a month for 700 credits.
Google Play needs a paid plan (it includes the Play Store bundle and your app’s signing key) and your own Google Play developer account, a one-time US$25 fee to Google.
Work that fails or is rolled back costs no credits.

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Good to know

The app doesn't connect to looms, machines, Tally or transport tracking, and it doesn't make GST returns. It is a register for orders, stock, job work and dues; messages go on WhatsApp when someone taps the button.
AppCub builds Android apps. You can also share the app as a web link that opens on any phone; for the iPhone App Store, AppCub’s team can do it for you.

Questions

Can the app keep stock by design and colour?

Yes. Each design number has stock by colour in pieces or metres, going up with production and down with each dispatch.

Can I track grey cloth sent for dyeing?

Yes. The job work screen records metres sent to each dyer or printer, metres returned, the shortage and the charges.

Can the app make a packing list for a bale?

Yes. A dispatch record makes a packing list PDF with designs, colours and pieces, to send with the transport details on WhatsApp.

Can my sales agent see stock on his phone?

Yes, with your Supabase database connected. Give him sign-in, and he sees the same stock as the godown.

Can the app scan labels on bales?

Yes. Print a QR code on each bale's label; the installed Android app can scan it to open that dispatch.

Can retailers see my designs in the app?

You can share a catalogue PDF from the app, or make a separate catalogue app for buyers with the database connected.

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